Subj : Re: Canadian town REFUSES marriage licenses for those not jabbed
To   : August Abolins
From : Dan Cross
Date : Wed Oct 13 2021 14:08:10

On 12 Oct 2021 at 08:54p, August Abolins pondered and said...
 
 AA> ** On Wednesday 13.10.21 - 13:13, Dan Cross wrote to August Abolins:
 AA> 
 AA>  DC> For the record, many places won't issue a marriage license
 AA>  DC> unless you also show that you are free of, for example,
 AA>  DC> Syphilis.
 AA> 
 AA> But that's different.

Not really.  Vaccinations of various kinds are often
prerequisites for participation in civil society; for
instance, many schools require proof of vaccination
for children to be admitted.

 AA> To be similar, why not simply allow couples to test for covid  
 AA> antigens to show "free of" covid?

Well, I don't _know_ since I'm not the person who made
the policy, but my suspicion is that it has something
to do with being in the middle of a global pandemic that
has killed millions of people worldwide, and vaccination
is the safest, most effective way to end the thing, so
its being encouraged wherever it can be.  Particularly
in this environment where misinformation and outright
lies are keeping so many from getting the jab.

But that's just a guess.

 AA> Besides, some people are ill-advised to take any form of  
 AA> vaccination if there is an allergy to eggs or any of the  
 AA> stabilizers.

Sure.  And some people have specific forms of immune
compromise that prevent them from getting many vaccines
(for example, perhaps they are recovering from a stem
cell transplant to address cancer and have no immune
system to speak of).  There are likely carve-outs for
such cases (and there should be).  That's one reason it
is so important to get everyone who _can_ be vaccinated
vaccinated as quickly as possible.

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